Random Hug Patrol / Random Random Patrol

The Random Hug Patrol is a random hugging group that creates
mass group hug experiences at Burning Man (and soon in the Bay Area).
It is now a part of Ultra
Stunt Danger Academy, a group of friends who create a number of
'projects' at the event.
The Random Hug Patrol started at Burning Man 2004, here is Haley's
description of the event:

The best way to describe this project is to go
back to its roots. Two years ago I was wondering
around with Marianna and our friendly neighbor on what
must have been the coldest night of that burn. We
wandered into a sparsely populated keyhole full of
innocent people who knew nothing of what was about to
descend upon them! I asked Marianna how many people
she thought we could all hug in the area in the next 5
minutes and in moments we were literally running towards
a group of people waving our arms in the air. They
were confused. But then they were hugged! We
announced ourselves as the random hug patrol and after
hugging and cuddling and brief sharing of closeness we
moved onto the next people we saw. This went on for a
few hours, through the coldest part of the night,
until we made it back to our camp. We hugged all the
way home.
The Random Random Patrol is a group of different "Random ___ Patrol"
activities:

Reflection on this night revealed a world of
possibilities that have been lumped under the title
"Random Random Patrol." This is a semi-impromptu
group of people who feel the need to interfere with
the lives of other people and make it seem official.
It could by loving, funny, satirical, or just
completely random.

One mission that Haley will be organizing is a random
group hug. For this we will need to set up a
perimeter with cones (designated group hug zone), a
countdown clock of sorts, a megaphone to announce the
presence of the hug and the time remaining until the
group hug takes place, and critical mass!

Designated costume needs to be decided - though it will
probably be based on the Arbitrary Regulation Brigade.